TEARS Animal Rescue, a Cape Town-based non-profit organisation (NPO), is calling for urgent pet food donations to support its Feed Hungry Pets Programme—a vital initiative that helps families in low-income communities feed their beloved dogs.
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Common Poisonings In the Home Environment
Understanding poisonings and toxic compounds can be summarized as follows; Not all products are equally toxic to cats and dogs or humans to the same degree.
he following advice is not meant to replace the role of the veterinarian. However, for animals, we as the owners are generally the first responders to our pets in need. Being prepared for such unforeseen emergencies, will help ease your stress and hopefully help save your pets life.
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Poor Nikolai has been waiting for his chance at TEARS for some time. With desperation reaching a peak, TEARS has been forced to place animals in need of rescue onto a waiting list as we simply do not have space to accommodate them. Nikolai was one of the vulnerable pets on the waiting list, biding his time and not yet knowing that a brighter future was just around the corner.
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A pit bull; scared, scarred, emaciated and defeated- brought to an already overflowing shelter, in the midst of a national crisis pertaining to power breeds. Not much is known of the dog’s background and he’s too weak to conduct a reliable temperament test. The marks on his body coincide with old dogfighting injuries, which if true, predict a long, challenging road to rehabilitation with no guaranteed success. Breed-experienced, responsible homes aren’t exactly in ample supply, let alone for an unsocialised pit bull. How does one justify the time and resources spent on just one dog when there are so many who need rescuing? It’s a delicate numbers game and his life hangs in the balance. The difficult decision of euthanasia is made.
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TEARS Animal Rescue has reported a 70% increase in rescues compared to this period last year, as pet owners living in under-resourced communities struggle to feed and care for their pets. While TEARS provides vital pet food support to responsible pet owners as a means of mitigating the risk of community pets succumbing to malnutrition or starvation, the TEARS Mobile Clinic team recently rescued a starving, chained Belgian Malinois-Boerboel mix from the brink of death in a low-income community in the Southern Peninsula.
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On a weekend marked by cruelty, 8-week-old Romy faced the harshness of the world after a harrowing incident with a group of children. Kicked and left bruised and frightened, Romy’s fate took a positive turn when a compassionate rescuer swooped in, bringing her to TEARS Animal Rescue for safety. Under the watchful eye of the TEARS Veterinary Hospital, Romy received medical care, vaccinations, and deworming and defleaing treatments.
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